Game apparatus.



Nm 793,798. PATENTED JULY il, 1905. 3 MONNELL GAME APPARATUS.

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SPECIFICATIN forming part of Letters :Patent No. 793,798, dated July t, 1905.

Application filed January 19,1905. Serial No. 241,894.

To all 'whom 'if/3 m/rty/ conce/'71,:

lle it known thatl, CLARENCE .l .M000 aN n Lr., o'l the city of Decatur, county of Macon, and tltate of Illinois, have invented a certain lmproved Graine Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

',lhe object of this invention is to provide a game that will combine pleasant excitement with both mental and physical exercise.

rllhe invention is embodied in a board provided with ditii'erentsets or groups ot pins, each set of which has a d itleren t scoring value, and a set of rings oi' various scoring values adapted to be pitched onto the pins of the board. The board is provided with a hinged cover, which stands against the wall ot the room while the board is in use and protects lthe base-hoard from impact oi mispitched rings. The board is square in horizontal outllne. The general arrangement ole the pins is in circular sets concentric with a central pin at ditli'erent dlstances therefrom, and there are iour pms, one in each corner oil the board outside the outer circle olf pins.

:lin the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective representation ofthe game-board, and Fig. 2 is a diagram oi a set of rings.

lihe board A has a ledge B along its upper edge, and the cover *U is hinged to a side ot' thevboard. pin 2O projects upward 'from the center of the board. Three sets oli' pins 5, 110, and 15 encircle the central pin at dit'- 'lierent distances therefrom, and pins 25 are placed one in each corner olI thc board outside set l5. A complete set oli' rings romprises a plurality ot' single-value rings if, and other rings having a double scoring value, Q", others having a triple scoring value, 2'3", and still others having a quadruple scoring value, as 4L". As a matter oi: preference there are seventeen single-value rings and one cach of the other values; but this proportion may be varied. The rings oi? dill'erent values aredistinguisl'iable by external markings, prelerably colors, and each ring olI a certain value has the same color. For instance, the singlevaine rings may be red, the double-value rings yellow, the triple-value rings blue, and the qnadruple-value rings green.

The board is placed on the floor et' a room with the cover against a wall, and a pitchingline is established some distanceI from the board, usually about eight leet. Each player is supplied with a setol rings, and each pitches his or her rings onto the board, computes the score `lor the inning, and removes the rings belore another player begins. As many may play as wish to, either as yjiartners or as individuals, and a game usually comprises several innings, preferably ill. rlissuming that the scoring value ot the dillerentpins is: the central pin, twenty; pins oi the inner circle, live each; pins ot' the intermediate circle, ten each; pins olI the outer circle each li'lteen, and corner-pins each Q5, which are the In'oportionate values preferred, and the score ol an inning will depend partly upon these values` and partly upon the multiples oi' these values attributable to the dillerent rings. if, `lor instance, a `player pitches two red rings onto the central pin, a red ring onto a corner-pin, a green ring onto a pin oli the inner circle, and a yellow ringl onto a pin of the outer circle, the total score l'or that inning would be one hundred and iiltccn; but both multiplication and addition are involved in the mental calculation. The result should be reached at once, and as, under the rules oit the game, each phiycr must inalqc his own calculations the drill in mathematics tends to the development oi accuracy and speed. The rings have to be picked up alter being {,iitclmd. There are several in a set.` .Each player recovers his or her rings, and so the physical exercise attending the pitching and the recevra-,v ol the rings is equal ii." not superior to a gymnastic drill or exercise.

Cmisiderable skill may be developed in pitching the rings onto certain pins. As skill develops interest increases, and so the incentive to the physical and mental exercise involved is comginiiiously developiiur.

1l. A gaine apljiaratus, comprising a square board having a central pin, sets ol pins arranged in concentric circles at different distances from the central pin and pins in the corners of the board outside the outer circle of pins; and a set of rings of different colors to indicate different scoring Values.

2. A game apparatus, comprising a square board, a cover for the board hinged to one side thereof, a pin at the center of the upper surface of the board, sets of pins arranged in IO concentric circles at different distances from the central pin, pins in the corners of the board outside the outer circle of pins, and a set of rings of different colors to indicate different scoring values.

In testimony whereof1 I sign my name in the I5 presence of two subscribing' witnesses.

CLARENCE J. MCCONNELL. Witnesses:

E. S. MoDoNALD, R. E. DIoKINSoN. 

